PREDATORS at JETS
8 p.m. ET; CNBC, CBC, TVAS
Best-of-7 series tied 1-1
WINNIPEG -- The Winnipeg Jets and Nashville Predators each seek to take the series lead in Game 3 of the Western Conference Second Round at Bell MTS Place on Tuesday.
The Predators earned a split at home with a 5-4 double-overtime victory in Game 2 on Sunday, after the Jets took Game 1 with a 4-1 win on Friday.
Here are 5 keys for Game 3:
1. Home sweet home
Winnipeg has won 12 straight games at Bell MTS Place, including its past three Stanley Cup Playoff games, outscoring the Minnesota Wild 12-3 in the Western Conference First Round.
"All good teams in the past have been good on home ice," Jets defenseman Jacob Trouba said. "That's something that if you want to be successful, that's something you've got to be good at."
Nashville was the last team to hand Winnipeg a home loss, 6-5 on Feb. 27.
2. Scheifele surging
Jets forward Mark Scheifele has back-to-back two-goal games in Games 1 and 2, has scored seven goals in his past four playoff games with at least one goal in each, and leads all playoff goal-scorers with eight.
Despite those numbers, Winnipeg coach Paul Maurice said Scheifele views himself as a playmaker.
"I think if Mark got selfish in his game, and I'm not encouraging him to do it, but I think he's a 30 to 50-goal scorer," Maurice said. "He's got that kind of shot. We totally leave him alone in terms of his decisions with what he does on the offensive side of the puck, but he seems to have shifted now in some of the situations to be a shooter, too."
3. Road thrill
The Predators had the best road record in the NHL during the regular season at 25-9-7 and won two games against the Colorado Avalanche at Pepsi Center in the first round.
"Getting on the road is always fun as a team," forward Nick Bonino said. "You go out to dinner, there's not really any distractions. You're there for hockey. You get up and treat it as business as usual. We kind of just roll the lines. We've got four lines that can really go and don't worry about match-ups or anything, we just play had have some good results."
4. Hellebuyck bounce-back
Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck owns an impressive record this season in games after he has allowed five goals or more.
In eight such instances during the regular season and playoffs, Hellebuyck is 7-0-1 record with a 1.47 goals-against average and .955 save percentage with two shutouts.
5. Surviving the whiteout
Nashville will enter a sea of white at Bell MTS Place on Tuesday, but is not expecting the whiteout to cause them to stumble.
"It's something that we're familiar with," Predators coach Peter Laviolette said. "I think our guys will be fine. They've handled buildings in the past and have done a pretty good job of it, so I think our guys will be OK.''
Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Blake Wheeler
Nikolaj Ehlers -- Paul Stastny -- Patrik Laine
Brandon Tanev -- Adam Lowry -- Bryan Little
Matt Hendricks -- Andrew Copp -- Jack Roslovic
Josh Morrissey -- Jacob Trouba
Toby Enstrom -- Dustin Byfuglien
Connor Hellebuyck
Scratched: Tucker Poolman, Joe Morrow, Joel Armia, Shawn Matthias, Marko Dano, Sami Niku
Injured: Mathieu Perreault (upper body), Steve Mason (undisclosed), Dmitry Kulikov (lower body)
Predators projected lineup
Filip Forsberg -- Ryan Johansen -- Viktor Arvidsson
Kevin Fiala -- Kyle Turris -- Craig Smith
Colton Sissons -- Nick Bonino -- Austin Watson
Miikka Salomaki -- Mike Fisher -- Ryan Hartman
Scratched: Scott Hartnell, Anthony Bitetto, Eeli Tolvanen, Calle Jarnkrok
Injured: Yannick Weber (upper body)
Status report
Jarnkrok did not participate in the morning skate Tuesday. There was no update on his status. Salomaki would replace him in the lineup if he can't play. … Armia, Perreault and Kulikov joined the morning skate in non-contact jerseys.
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